Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- A New University
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Victorian Prison Building
- View from Station Rise
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Female Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Minster Library
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King Edward III and York
- The Railway Institute
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Horn of Ulf
- The York Helmet
- Is York Cursed?